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COMMUNITY-LED UPGRADING FOR SELF-RELIANCE IN SOUTH AFRICA

First training session with our Community Researchers

First training session with our Community Researchers

In what turned out to be one of the most successful days in the UK team’s recent visit to Durban, the project’s Community Researchers took part in their first formal training session with the research teams from the UK and South Africa. Dr Maria Christina Georgiadou and Dr Isis Nunez Ferrera led the session, also attended by the South Africa team, and Jeff Thomas, one our project collaborators from the uTshani Fund. (Left and below) The sessions kicked off with a sharing and

UK team deliver workshop on Research Design and Action Research Methods

UK team deliver workshop on Research Design and Action Research Methods

Whilst visiting Durban this June, members of the UK team (Dr Maria Christina Georgiadou and Dr Isis Nunez Ferrera) delivered a workshop for University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) colleagues and students on Research Design and Action Research Methods. Sharing information on these topics helps to ensure the project's delivery lives up to its ambitious plans for inclusive and community-led research. (Left) Dr Maria Christina Georgiadou (centre), Dr Isis Nunez Ferrera (left) (Univers

UK and South Africa team visit case study sites

UK and South Africa team visit case study sites

Dr Maria Christina Georgiadou and Dr Isis Nunez Ferrera from the University of Westminster were delighted to visit the South Africa project team and our case study sites in Durban this June. Alongside Dr Claudia Loggia, Judith Ojo-Aromokudu, Professor Oliver Mtapuri, Dr Sithembiso Myeni, Vincent Myeni, Ronald Ncube and Njabulo Zungu from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, they visited the three communities at Piesang River, Namibia Stop 8 and Havelock. Piesang River: this photo